From the Wandenreich's escape to One Piece

Chapter 148 Hogyoku, the Op-Op Fruit, and Whitebeard

However, the double pupils in Keiko's eyes disappeared quickly.

At her current level, even simulating the power of the Spirit King using only the Year Fruit would be incredibly tiring.

To be honest, this was largely thanks to the fragments of the Spirit King within her. Without these fragments, Beltz's psychological hypnosis alone wouldn't have been enough to make her use the technique "Twisted Future - The Future of Becoming the Spirit King".

Because there is a large amount of Spirit King power within his body, he is able to possess certain qualifications to become a Spirit King, and then use these qualifications.

If she were to combine with Beltz and Elensger, it would essentially mean possessing the powers of a Shinigami, Quincy, human, Fullbringer, and Hollow simultaneously.

Keiko represents the Grim Reaper, Elensger represents the Hollow, and Beltz represents the Quincy and humanity. As for the power of Fullbring...

After the fusion, it will naturally be conceived due to the resonance between Erensger's Void Power and the Spirit King fragments within Keiko's body.

In that case, he is essentially a candidate for the Spirit King!

So for Keiko, becoming the future Soul King isn't really that difficult to achieve!

However, even with all of the above foundations, she still felt a huge drain on her energy after using this move for only a few seconds!

This is even more tiring than when Bonney uses Nika's power in the original work!

When Bonnie uses Nika or Free Mode, the energy consumption is enormous, and it can't sustain him for very long.

However, it must be said that the greater the energy consumed by a move, the stronger it is.

The enormous energy expenditure wasn't a problem with their techniques, but rather a problem with themselves.

Regardless, Keiko's performance has completely stunned the Tsunayo family.

They all looked at Keiko as if she were a monster or a god!

His eyes were filled with fanaticism!

My God, no one in Soul Society understands what that scene just now meant better than them!

Could it be that—

Could someone in their Tsunayo family also possess that godlike power, which is considered omniscient and omnipotent?!

The reason why the Spirit King was sealed and dismembered was mainly because the five noble families did not trust the Spirit King's divine power. They believed that the Spirit King possessed such great power that if he did not want to maintain the Three Realms anymore, what would happen if the Three Realms were destroyed?

Or what if the Spirit King harbors resentment over the sneak attack by the Gangmi Ancestor and thus targets them?

So they not only sealed the Spirit King away, but also dismembered him, turning him into a harmless statue, which put their minds at ease.

But if someone from their own family becomes the Spirit King, then of course they won't seal him away!

joke!

When the power of the gods is not in one's own hands, one should naturally be wary and take precautions.

But if the power of the gods belongs to their own people, then of course they should support them!

Keiko will replace the Spirit King as the new king of the three realms, or even become a god who rules the three realms, and their Tsunayo family will be the only god race in the new era!

The five great noble families will cease to exist! The other four families will no longer be able to compare with Tsunayoshiro!

"Greetings, Lord!"

After realizing this, the old man immediately knelt down and bowed to Huizi!

He should have some authority in the Tsunayo family. After he acknowledged Keiko's status as the head of the household, although others still disagreed, they had no choice but to accept her position.

Keiko said softly, "I'm going to the Great Spirit Book Corridor. Please get ready."

The Tsunayo family is responsible for history, while the Great Spirit Book Corridor forcibly records all aspects of the Soul Society, so it can also be considered the Tsunayo family's domain.

Although the guardians of the Great Spiritual Book Corridor are the Amanmon family, a high-ranking noble family that has served as the sage of the Forty-Six Chambers for generations, even if they are high-ranking nobles, it is nothing to the Tsunayo family.

The Tsunayo family controls the Golden Seal Noble Council, and theoretically all nobles are under their jurisdiction.

This is how power should be distributed in Soul Society.

The Central 46 Chambers hold the highest judicial power in Soul Society, have the power to make decisions on many important matters, and directly command the Gotei 13. Therefore, on the surface, they are the highest authority in Soul Society.

On another level, the forty-six sages of the Forty-Six Chambers have always been nobles, so whoever controls the nobles controls the Forty-Six Chambers.

That's exactly what the Tsunayashiro family did. Because they controlled the Golden Seal Council, which governed all the nobles, the Tsunayashiro family could issue orders to the forty-six nobles who served as sages. In this way, the forty-six households became the puppets of the Tsunayashiro family.

This is actually a kind of compromise in itself.

After all, the Tsunayo family used to be the head of the five great noble families, directly issuing orders.

However, with the rise of other forces, the five noble families could not remain in a transcendent position forever. Therefore, they began to support the Forty-Six Chambers, openly ruling Soul Society and drawing hatred towards them, but secretly—

Ultimately, they are still the ones in charge.

Of course, once any political group is established, it will inevitably seek greater power and desire to obtain power that is not under its control.

So even though they outwardly obeyed the Tsunayoshi family, they would occasionally vie for power with the five great noble families in secret.

The subsequent expulsion of the Shiba family from the five great noble families was also partly due to this political struggle.

After all, the five noble families have an even higher power structure. Once the five noble families are all gathered together, they will immediately replace the Forty-Six Chambers as the highest power organization in Soul Society.

So naturally, the Forty-Six Chambers would want to separate the five noble families, so that this organization could never exist.

In short, the Soul Society is far more complex than just the Gotei 13. The Gotei 13 can only be considered the military and police, and are essentially still under the jurisdiction of the government.

Keiko has now become the head of the Tsunayo family, which means she has suddenly become one of the most powerful people in Soul Society.

Entering the Great Book Gallery is not a difficult task.

As for what to do inside—

It's quite simple. She needs to help Beltz find the manufacturing records of the Hogyoku, and also see if there's any other interesting technology she can bring to Vegapunk.

Well, it sounds a bit far-fetched, but Aizen and Kisuke Urahara's method of creating the Hogyoku was indeed forcibly recorded in the Great Spirit Book Corridor!

Even the guardians might not know what this is, but the Great Spirit Book Corridor is like a super surveillance and collector that will forcibly record what happens in Soul Society.

It even includes the method for making Hogyoku.

If Belz has a Hogyoku, and Vegapunk creates another Hogyoku, and then they combine the two Hogyoku, wouldn't they be able to create a complete Hogyoku?

"Don't publicize my becoming the head of the family. Just continue doing what you did before. I have no interest in power; I just want to return to the family."

Keiko continued, saying that after Tsunayoshiro Shingo went missing, the Tsunayoshiro family did not immediately elect a new head, so the position of head of the Tsunayoshiro family is currently vacant.

Huizi's return filled the vacancy, which also meant that someone couldn't take over, naturally causing them some dissatisfaction.

However, they were helpless against Huizi, who possessed the Mirror of Beauty, not to mention that she also possessed the power of the Spirit King.

So even though they don't fully trust Keiko yet, the Tsuna family doesn't directly resist.

Especially since Keiko said she wouldn't interfere with other people's actions, it didn't matter at all. As long as Keiko didn't become arrogant after becoming the head of the household, what difference would it make whether there was a new head or not?

Thus, it was decided that Keiko would succeed Tsunami as the head of the household.

Meanwhile, in Wano Country, Rukia returned after traveling the world for half a year.

In the past six months, Rukia has traveled to many places. Although she did not become a pirate, she was still wanted by the authorities.

Actually, Rukia started out as a pirate hunter because she encountered many pirates who bullied others, burned, killed, and plundered during her travels, and Rukia couldn't stand it, so she killed them.

But she later discovered that not only were pirates running amok, but the navy, which was theoretically supposed to protect civilians, was also seriously corrupt, with some even colluding with pirates to oppress civilians.

Rukia couldn't stand it anymore, so she also dealt with the naval captain.

Then----

She was wanted by the police.

Of course, the amount wasn't much, only tens of millions, which was definitely disproportionate to her financial strength.

These past six months have indeed allowed Rukia to witness the diversity of species and learn a lot, so when she returned to Wano Country, it was immediately apparent that she had matured a great deal.

Beltz walked over and patted Lucia on the shoulder, saying with emotion, "You've grown up."

Rukia blushed upon hearing this and said, "What are you talking about? I'm over a hundred years old!"

When someone who is over 100 years old is told that they have grown up, it feels like they are saying that they were a giant baby before.

However, although the people of Soul Society have long lifespans, their growth is indeed much slower than that of normal people, somewhat similar to the giants of Elbaf, whose growth period is also longer despite their long lifespans.

Rukia is over a hundred years old, which would be considered young in the Bleach universe, but in the world of One Piece, she would undoubtedly be considered old.

After all, the longest-lived person in the One Piece world, Im, is probably only eight or nine hundred years old, which is considered quite long even among the Grim Reapers, but there are many who have lived longer than him.

"After this parting, I don't know when we'll meet again."

Beltz felt a pang of emotion.

After Rukia returns to the Soul Society, she will definitely become a Shinigami, and she won't be able to stay in the pirate world for as long as she does now.

"yes----"

Lucia was also somewhat saddened. She said softly, "I'm very grateful to you, Beltz."

"Let's not talk about sad things. Just be careful when you get back."

Beltz shook his head and said, "Especially Aizen. When you go back, you must not break ties with him. You are no match for him."

"Didn't you say it yourself? I've grown up." Rukia chuckled and said, "I'm not as impulsive as I used to be."

Rukia knew very well that Aizen, whom Belz feared so much, was not an opponent she could deal with, so she would not directly expose Aizen's conspiracy.

"Let's go. I'll remove the Hogyoku from your body, and Aizen shouldn't be paying attention to you anymore."

Beltz added that this was also his initial purpose in kidnapping Lucia.

However, Vegapunk had been busy creating clones for Beltz, and Beltz didn't want anything to distract him, so it had been delayed until now.

"it is good."

Rukia nodded and entered Vegapunk's laboratory with Beltz.

Vegapunk had long prepared for the extraction surgery. The best tool to remove something from a human body would naturally be the Op-Op Fruit, but in the absence of that, Vegapunk's technique is equally reliable.

Keiko could also use the Year-Year Fruit to create a future where someone ate the Operation Fruit, but that would expose Keiko's true identity to Rukia.

As he said before, he would not let anyone know that he had two clones; this was his biggest secret. Vegapunk had also heard about the Hogyoku from Belz and was quite curious about this sacred object.

Over the years, he has been blessed with divine assistance in everything he does, which seems to be due to the effect of the Hogyoku. The Hogyoku's ability is to read people's inner desires and then fulfill them, and Vegapunk himself also has the ability to fulfill them, so he can complete whatever he does relatively quickly.

Otherwise, by now, let alone clones, we probably wouldn't even have finished researching bloodline factors!

"Don't worry, it won't hurt."

Because it was for Rukia's surgery, it was Vegapunk's evil Lilith who performed the operation.

Of course, Vegapunk shares memories with each other, and having Lilith, who is a woman, take action was simply to make Rukia more accepting of it.

Looking at Rukia's tense expression, she said, "Especially since you ate the Snow-Snow Fruit, your body has already become an elemental being. It will be even easier to extract things from such a body."

If it were a normal human body, it might be possible to injure Rukia, since the human body is very complex, intricate, and fragile, especially the internal organs.

But it doesn't matter if it's a natural element.

"Do you need my help with Haki?" Belz asked. Without Haki, normal matter couldn't touch Rukia.

"No need, you can just leave," Lilith said. "You're underestimating me."

As the world's number one genius scientist, wouldn't it be a huge loss of face if he couldn't even solve the elementalization problem of natural systems?

"After I take out that thing called Hogyoku, just let me study it for a while."

"No problem." Beltz gave an OK sign and said, "I'll give you another surprise in a couple of days."

Not only the finished product, the Hogyoku, but also Belz will hand over the data on the Hogyoku to Vegapunk after Keiko retrieves it in a couple of days.

So Vegapunk is going to be busy again.

After saying that, Beltz walked out of the laboratory. The next moment, his expression darkened because he received another message from Litoto.

"Get ready, the Op-Op Fruit you've been searching for has appeared in the North Blue. The World Government has already sent people to retrieve it. Also, the World Government has its eye on Edward Newgate and is likely about to take action against him!"